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Muslims Who Saved Jews in World War II

Norman Gershman has become accustomed to the reactions from people who see his photos and read his stories about Muslims sheltering Jews and saving their lives during the Holocaust. 

 “I had people say ‘Muslims save Jews! How is that?’” the American Jewish fine art photographer told IslamOnline.net in a telephone interview.

Gershman has been engaged in a 5-year project that honors stories of Albanian Muslims’ heroism in saving thousands of Jews, who either lived in Albania or sought refugee there, during World War II.

Beautiful. Spread this as far as you can. Well worth your time.

well considering most people barely acknowledge the existence of Albanian and Bosniak Muslims it’s not really that surprising 

(via muhmuhmuhmobin)